The Director Sector

This why I love Hank Azaria:

“Wow. What do you enjoy most about stage acting?
It’s my favorite thing to do, on many levels. First of all, it’s an actors’ medium. In film, it’s the director and the editor who make their final cut, and pretty much the same in television. Onstage, it rests in your hands. You’re driving. Each actor entering the play is a living, breathing character; every single one has a different personality. Especially in a play like this, it’s a phenomenal experience to share that with 1,000 people every night. (Broadway.com)

That’s exactly why I love theatre. Thank you, Mr. Azaria, for articulating my thoughts as well!

The best part about theatre is that you have the potential to have a different dynamic each night. The script doesn’t change, the lines don’t change, the lights don’t change, the set doesn’t change, the people don’t change… the audience changes, the energy the actors feed from changes, and the whole experience changes. It’s like magic.

Go see a great show like, say, RENT or Jersey Boys. Then go back a week later and see it again, and it’ll blow you away just the way it did before. Nothing’s changed but the audience dynamic — the way the audience and actors interact — and it’s an entirely new experience. It’s like magic.

Mr. Azaria, my hat is off to you. Break a leg in The Farnsworth Invention.